Overcoming Family Trauma Gifts

"Lately, I've begun to understand - and forgive - my parents."

"This is where baby gets some alone time."

'I'm glad you're able to be with us more, but I'd appreciate it if you'd say you're 'spending time' with us, not 'doing time' with us.'

"Now, Mrs. Jones, repeat after me..."

Holiday-Cancelling Headphones

'We've never had an accident - aside from three of our five kids.'

"I'm afraid your allowance didn't survive the latest round of budget cuts."

Coronovirus dreams

Interpreters.

"Mr. Wickers called me 'gifted' in front of the whole class. I'm ruined."

Once or twice a year he'd leave work and go home to his family. He missed them terribly, but not the commute.

'it wasn't my parents' divorce that traumatized me — it was when my dad had my mom beheaded.'

Interpreter.

'Do you ever communicate as a family by just speaking?'

"The babysitter wants to know where you keep your vodka?"

'Tired, depressed, stomach upset, sounds like you're just back from a family holiday.'

"Look, we might have our little tiffs, but I think we should stay together for the sake of the children."

"I could never please my father. Whenever I did something he didn't approve of, he'd threaten to go public."

"For better or for worse, from pre-nuptial contract to no-fault divorce..."

'You couldn't just lock him up somewhere, could you?'

"Would it hurt you to take two minutes from writing code to write your grandmother?"

'It's a done deal...she keeps the cave and the kids...you get the wheels.'

Two people shouting.

"I think I’m turning into my parents."

"When I was 5 years old, I put all my money in a pickle jar. Of course, my money was soggy and the pickles tasted funny."

"My mom has a new boyfriend, my dad has a new girlfriend and all I got was a new therapist."

Dysfunctional Family Tree.

Intimacy.

Family therapy clinic - Joke do jour: What's the difference between an inlaw and an outlaw? An outlaw is always wanted."

"It's through our attorneys, but at least we're talking."

Is the lock down to reconnect with my children, apparently I've got five of them

'And where do you think you've been till this time?'

"We are fighting so much I'm coming to live with you again."

Family Feud